:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.
:00:08. > :00:11.Another month, another graphene breakthrough,
:00:12. > :00:18.as Manchester scientists find a way to purify sea water.
:00:19. > :00:21.billions of people to get clean drinking water.
:00:22. > :00:25.A priest goes on trial accused of abusing a boy
:00:26. > :00:31.Setting the standard for green roads.
:00:32. > :00:39.The new bypass putting Badger, Ratty and friends in the driving seat.
:00:40. > :00:41.She has been Manchester's only female statue for over
:00:42. > :00:44.a century but Queen Victoria is about to get some
:00:45. > :01:01.A priest has gone on trial today accused of abusing a boy
:01:02. > :01:05.at a Catholic seminary in Lancashire almost 40 years ago.
:01:06. > :01:08.Liverpool Crown Court heard Father Michael Higginbottom,
:01:09. > :01:11.who's now 74, breached his position of trust in a horrific way.
:01:12. > :01:27.Father Michael Higginbotham arriving for the start
:01:28. > :01:30.of his trial this morning, a man who the prosecution alleges
:01:31. > :01:33.had been in a position of trust and had breached that trust
:01:34. > :01:38.He had been a priest and teacher at St Joseph's Roman Catholic
:01:39. > :01:45.From the late 1800s until the early 1990s, this now disused building
:01:46. > :01:49.had educated boys aged between 11 and 18.
:01:50. > :01:53.Many including the alleged victim had aspirations of becoming priests.
:01:54. > :01:56.But, the court was told, it quickly became a cold and dark,
:01:57. > :01:58.forbidding place for him where he suffered mental,
:01:59. > :02:04.The abuse he said began shortly after he arrived at St Joseph's
:02:05. > :02:06.and in the private quarters of Father Higginbotham.
:02:07. > :02:11.Asked how many times he had been abused, he replied, a lot.
:02:12. > :02:13.After six months, and desperate to leave the seminary,
:02:14. > :02:18.He told police he was deliberately caught with it.
:02:19. > :02:21.He was subsequently expelled and says he ran to meet his parents
:02:22. > :02:27.He first revealed the allegations to a friend in 2013 who encouraged
:02:28. > :02:36.Asked today why he had never spoken of the experiences before this,
:02:37. > :02:41.he replied, "I'd spent a lifetime trying to cover this up,
:02:42. > :02:45.I'd never even talked about it to my wife,
:02:46. > :02:48.Father Higginbotham was arrestedat his home in Newcastle in 2015.
:02:49. > :02:51.The courts heard he'd told police he did not remember the alleged
:02:52. > :02:53.victim and that the allegations were total lies.
:02:54. > :02:56.He denies eight counts of sexual abuse as the trial
:02:57. > :03:08.Tonight, a scientific first, developed
:03:09. > :03:10.here in the north-west, which could provide clean
:03:11. > :03:12.drinking water for millions of people around the world.
:03:13. > :03:14.Researchers at Manchester University have come up with a new way
:03:15. > :03:17.of turning sea water into drinking water using a special sieve
:03:18. > :03:21.They say it could be cheaper and more efficient than existing
:03:22. > :03:26.And it's all down to the so-called wonder material graphene
:03:27. > :03:31.Here's our chief reporter Dave Guest.
:03:32. > :03:36.The journey of this wonder material began in 2004.
:03:37. > :03:39.That's when Manchester-based scientists Andre Gime
:03:40. > :03:44.and Kostya Novoselof worked out how to extract graphene from graphite.
:03:45. > :03:47.It's an ultra-light, ultra-thin but extremely tough
:03:48. > :03:49.material which is set to revolutionise everything
:03:50. > :03:55.from light bulbs to mobile phones to aeroplanes.
:03:56. > :03:58.The Government reckons the global graphene market could be
:03:59. > :04:00.worth around $390 million within the next few years.
:04:01. > :04:02.That's why it invested in the Graphene Institute
:04:03. > :04:05.Here, they're developing ways of using the material,
:04:06. > :04:07.and their latest breakthrough involves something
:04:08. > :04:15.It's something many of us take for granted.
:04:16. > :04:20.But in some parts of the world, water is a rare commodity.
:04:21. > :04:24.Yet vast areas of our planet are covered by it.
:04:25. > :04:26.Now, scientists in Manchester believe they've found a cheaper
:04:27. > :04:31.and simpler way of turning sea water into drinking water.
:04:32. > :04:33.It involves using a filter made from graphene,
:04:34. > :04:40.It's 200 times thinner than a human hair.
:04:41. > :04:42.The method of extracting it from graphite was pioneered in Manchester
:04:43. > :04:47.Now, they've discovered its value for filtering water.
:04:48. > :04:56.What we do basically is we deposit the graphene on top of this polymer.
:04:57. > :05:15.We put this membrane here and we apply, fill with water
:05:16. > :05:19.You see the sea water has been squeezed through the membrane
:05:20. > :05:22.That is perfectly clean, drinkable water.
:05:23. > :05:30.It is a method of desalination using graphene membranes
:05:31. > :05:33.is quicker and easier, and less energy for this process.
:05:34. > :05:34.Faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient.
:05:35. > :05:41.We should work closely with the industries and make sure
:05:42. > :05:48.this product is viable for commercial applications.
:05:49. > :05:50.Water filtration is just one idea they are working
:05:51. > :05:55.on at the Manchester Graphene Institute.
:05:56. > :05:57.Although the process of extracting graphene
:05:58. > :05:59.was discovered in Manchester, that process is being
:06:00. > :06:07.What they are now working on here is applications,
:06:08. > :06:09.uses for that material, and developing ways it can
:06:10. > :06:14.be used commercially so that the UK can fully benefit
:06:15. > :06:18.And they want to keep Manchester ahead of the game when it comes
:06:19. > :06:21.to finding uses for the material that was first extracted here.
:06:22. > :06:26.Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan is an expert and researcher in graphene
:06:27. > :06:34.at the University Of Manchester and joins us now.
:06:35. > :06:40.Thank you for coming in. The point there was this was a
:06:41. > :06:46.revolution in idea started in Manchester.
:06:47. > :06:51.How with it being replicated across the world, how can and the UK double
:06:52. > :06:56.benefit from this? The best thing you can do is try to
:06:57. > :07:02.work with people who will actually manufacture it on a large scale. The
:07:03. > :07:06.research we do in the lab is very much basic, we try to understand the
:07:07. > :07:10.properties of the material. What we need is to translate that into an
:07:11. > :07:18.application. We can't do that in the laboratory. We need to work with the
:07:19. > :07:22.manufacturers and end users as early as possible.
:07:23. > :07:25.What is the timescale? You have this series which is small, you need to
:07:26. > :07:29.make it big to work across the world.
:07:30. > :07:34.If you are talking about the filtration, yes, you need to
:07:35. > :07:40.increase the amount of water to get through, the throughput, the amount
:07:41. > :07:44.of filter you can produce, you need to test the long-term stability.
:07:45. > :07:50.Lots of engineering challenges to overcome. Integrate that into filter
:07:51. > :07:55.systems, you need the pot and everything around it, not just the
:07:56. > :08:00.filter. It is hard to predict how long it will take. You need to make
:08:01. > :08:04.this cheap enough to be viable. That is a question we don't have an
:08:05. > :08:08.answer to, whether it will compete on an economic level.
:08:09. > :08:14.We have done lots of stories about this and we hear about the amazing
:08:15. > :08:18.revolutionary ways it can be used. But how much is it actually being
:08:19. > :08:25.used at the moment? There isn't really anything you can
:08:26. > :08:30.buy. There is a tennis racket. Which contains a bit of graphene. But it
:08:31. > :08:33.is not really a mass-market application.
:08:34. > :08:39.That will take some time. We are seeing a lot of prototypes. Working
:08:40. > :08:43.with 50 companies right now at Manchester, hundreds of companies
:08:44. > :08:49.around the world, producing prototypes and comparing it with
:08:50. > :08:51.existing technology, evaluating the potential in technology that doesn't
:08:52. > :08:57.exist today. Again, going from a prototype which
:08:58. > :09:01.we know works, to manufacturing and selling it in a commercial manner,
:09:02. > :09:05.we shall see. Briefly, can you give us a scoop,
:09:06. > :09:10.but is the next big thing you are working on?
:09:11. > :09:14.There is a lot of exciting things, biomedical aspects of grapheme,
:09:15. > :09:19.significantly longer term, which has picked up in recent years, drug
:09:20. > :09:23.delivery, detecting biological molecules and diseases. That could
:09:24. > :09:26.be a big thing and make a huge impact.
:09:27. > :09:30.Fascinating nonetheless. A court's heard that an "insatiable
:09:31. > :09:33.gambler" spent nearly ?180,000 in a casino days
:09:34. > :09:35.after murdering his wealthy friend and dumping his dismembered
:09:36. > :09:41.body by the roadside. The torso of 36-year-old Yang Liu,
:09:42. > :09:43.from Salford, was found in a suitcase just off
:09:44. > :09:45.the Woodhead Pass at Tintwistle Ming Jiang, from Beswick
:09:46. > :09:53.in Manchester, denies murder. Japanese giant Toshiba is to take
:09:54. > :09:56.over the company planning to build the new Moorside nuclear power
:09:57. > :09:58.station at Sellafield in Cumbria. Toshiba already owns 60% of Nugen
:09:59. > :10:01.but will now buy the remaining 40% after its partner Engie decided
:10:02. > :10:04.to pull out of the ?10 Doubts had been cast
:10:05. > :10:10.on the project recently after Toshiba's nuclear arm,
:10:11. > :10:12.Westinghouse, filed for bankruptcy in the USA, but the Government now
:10:13. > :10:14.believes the project Lancashire-based BAe systems has
:10:15. > :10:21.slammed a ?360,000 compensation payout to one of its secretaries
:10:22. > :10:24.over a "single sexist comment" When she complained she'd been
:10:25. > :10:31.bullied, Marion Konczak was told by a manager,
:10:32. > :10:33."Women take things more BAe are now asking London's Appeal
:10:34. > :10:37.Court to slash her award, Police in Lancashire say they'll
:10:38. > :10:45.have to spend an extra ?450,000 a month due to an increase
:10:46. > :10:47.in activity from The force says it's having to place
:10:48. > :10:51.more officers at the site on Preston New Road,
:10:52. > :11:04.as protests are increasing. In a month's time voters
:11:05. > :11:09.in Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region
:11:10. > :11:13.will go to the polls But what are the issues
:11:14. > :11:16.they will face? Our political editor Nina Warhurst
:11:17. > :11:24.has been to Bolton to find out. Welcome to Bolton where in just over
:11:25. > :11:27.four weeks along with Greater Manchester's nine other boroughs
:11:28. > :11:29.they will be heading to the polls. We thought we would
:11:30. > :11:31.come here to find out what people want
:11:32. > :11:33.from Greater Manchester's What would you like
:11:34. > :11:36.to see a mayor do for A lot of upgrading,
:11:37. > :11:42.things like pavements, Because I come from
:11:43. > :11:49.a minority community. Do you feel you are targeted
:11:50. > :11:52.because you are from a minority Because I work at night, when I come
:11:53. > :11:57.back, I get a lot of comments Cutting down on home care times,
:11:58. > :12:08.visits for elderly people, yes, it is important they get the time
:12:09. > :12:12.they need to be looked after You feel you have
:12:13. > :12:17.been short-changed? They advised I should be
:12:18. > :12:41.getting my pension at 63 and a half. I would like the mayor are in some
:12:42. > :12:45.areas in Bolton, like later. What would you like to see a air
:12:46. > :12:49.change in Bolton? I've lived here all my life, it is
:12:50. > :12:54.perfect. It doesn't need improvement!
:12:55. > :12:58.It could do more for kids. Other than that, it is fine.
:12:59. > :13:04.That is my opinion. So Bolton is fine as it is. I think
:13:05. > :13:09.so, yes, I have listed all my life and I love yes.
:13:10. > :13:11.-- I love it, yes. what would you like to see
:13:12. > :13:15.the now do? The same thing a Mayor
:13:16. > :13:17.for London does. Create a powerhouse for the north,
:13:18. > :13:20.something that can help So, a few small requests
:13:21. > :13:28.from the people of Bolton. And this is just one
:13:29. > :13:32.of the ten boroughs. Whoever Greater Manchester's
:13:33. > :13:44.new mayor is, we wish A month today in Greater Manchester
:13:45. > :13:47.and in the Liverpool City Region, next week we will be there finding
:13:48. > :13:49.out what people think about their prospects.
:13:50. > :13:54.Why a new bypass in Cheshire is regarded
:13:55. > :14:02.The winning statue design to remember the suffragette
:14:03. > :14:09.She will be here in 2019 back on Manchester's streets.
:14:10. > :14:11.Calling women to rise up, use their vote,
:14:12. > :14:18.You might remember that last September, five
:14:19. > :14:20.museums in Lancashire had to close their doors when funding
:14:21. > :14:25.was withdrawn as part of county council budget savings.
:14:26. > :14:27.Well, next week, one of them, Fleetwood Museum, will reopen
:14:28. > :14:30.after the local community rallied round to save it.
:14:31. > :14:31.A time for celebration in Fleetwood perhaps.
:14:32. > :14:34.But the future of the remaining four is still in doubt.
:14:35. > :14:49.Preparations are underway for the Good Friday
:14:50. > :14:50.reopening of Fleetwood Museum and the volunteers
:14:51. > :15:04.If the museum was to close, the fishing industry would be
:15:05. > :15:13.Fleetwood is one of five museums to have Lancashire County Council
:15:14. > :15:18.funding withdrawn as it struggled to make huge budget savings.
:15:19. > :15:24.The passion of volunteers might have come to
:15:25. > :15:35.nothing but for the financial backing offered by Fleetwood Town
:15:36. > :15:46.Without council backing, is there any way you think that this
:15:47. > :15:50.It is not just down to people, it has to involve
:15:51. > :15:56.There is little cause for celebration for the other museums
:15:57. > :16:10.-- Helmshore in Rossendale and Queen Street in Burnley had
:16:11. > :16:13.been hoping English Heritage will take them on as key historic sites.
:16:14. > :16:39.It has just informed them there is a new charity taking
:16:40. > :16:41.a new conservation programme, they are not
:16:42. > :16:44.in a position to take on the costs of running the mills.
:16:45. > :16:46.But talks are still underway with other potential
:16:47. > :16:50.I am absolutely sure one day we will find
:16:51. > :16:52.a partner, no matter how long it takes, a new partner.
:16:53. > :16:54.The county council says negotiations also
:16:55. > :16:55.continue with parties over the
:16:56. > :16:57.future of the Museum of Lancashire and Preston,
:16:58. > :16:58.and the Judges Lodgings Museum in Lancashire.
:16:59. > :17:01.A new road between two of the region's motorways has made
:17:02. > :17:03.life easier for motorists in Cheshire, and it's hoped
:17:04. > :17:06.the project will have a huge impact on local wildlife too.
:17:07. > :17:09.The A556 link road connects the M6 with the M56 but Highways England
:17:10. > :17:11.say it's also the greenest road they've ever built.
:17:12. > :17:20.Naomi Cornwell's been to find out why.
:17:21. > :17:23.This new route through Cheshire is already being used by over
:17:24. > :17:34.It has made a significant difference, we have had lots of
:17:35. > :17:39.positive feedback from customers, people on Facebook saying it says up
:17:40. > :17:42.to 20 minutes on their journey. One gentleman said he liked it so much
:17:43. > :17:44.he turned around and went back again!
:17:45. > :17:45.It replaces the existing A556
:17:46. > :17:51.And bypassing the areas of Tabley, Mere and Buckley Hill.
:17:52. > :17:57.It hasn't just been built with motorists in mind.
:17:58. > :18:03.Highways England said they have spent an extra ?1.2 million to
:18:04. > :18:09.minimise its impact on the environment. They are trying to
:18:10. > :18:13.think about the animals they save here. It is a big difference, they
:18:14. > :18:19.have been using this landscape for hundreds of years. We have developed
:18:20. > :18:23.a fence to help the low-flying that is to lift them high so they fly
:18:24. > :18:30.over the road and not within the collision zone off the road itself.
:18:31. > :18:36.17 football pitches of shrubs and trees, 230 mature trees. A lot of
:18:37. > :18:43.investment has gone in to keep our impact on the moment to a minimum.
:18:44. > :18:49.In terms of the badgers, Cheshire is a good place for them. There have
:18:50. > :18:53.been occasions where we have had to exclude badgers but we have created
:18:54. > :18:56.a new home for them. They can be temper mental and don't often use
:18:57. > :19:01.what you create but here they are using them within six months of it
:19:02. > :19:06.being built. The old road is now being turned
:19:07. > :19:07.into a B road creating room for a new route for walkers, cyclists and
:19:08. > :19:10.horse riders. Naomi Cornwell, BBC
:19:11. > :19:21.North West Tonight, near Altrincham. Any new road, they are trying to set
:19:22. > :19:26.their best time. There is always one racing...
:19:27. > :19:27.You haven't tried it, of course you wouldn't.
:19:28. > :19:32.15th in the league, Burnley will want to get get back to winning
:19:33. > :19:35.ways when they host Stoke City at Turf Moor.
:19:36. > :19:38.While Manchester United will be keen to close the gap on a top four
:19:39. > :19:40.position when they face Everton at Old Trafford.
:19:41. > :19:42.Liverpool's Sadio Mane will miss tomorrow's match with Bournemouth
:19:43. > :19:44.after suffering a knee injury in Saturday's home
:19:45. > :19:48.Jurgen Klopp has said it's "possible" he could be ruled out
:19:49. > :19:51.for the rest of the Premier League season
:19:52. > :20:02.You properly recognise this golf course, in Augusta.
:20:03. > :20:07.behind some of Europe's best golfers like Rory McIlroy and Open
:20:08. > :20:11.He's putting guru Phil Kenyan who coaches a host of top stars.
:20:12. > :20:23.A skill that has bamboozled even the best of golfers.
:20:24. > :20:26.But when it comes off, it can be priceless.
:20:27. > :20:36.In just a few months' time, the world's best golfers will be
:20:37. > :20:39.here for the Open at Royal Birkdale, but what you may not know,
:20:40. > :20:41.is that plenty of them have been in the area already.
:20:42. > :20:44.Rory McIlroy among others has visited this Southport studio
:20:45. > :20:55.It's nice to be able to feel like you've helped in a small way,
:20:56. > :20:59.And weeks after teaming up with Phil, Rory McIlroy won
:21:00. > :21:08.You could see just spending, half a day with Rory
:21:09. > :21:11.that he was very talented and to be able to tell your grandchildren that
:21:12. > :21:14.you worked with the likes of an Open Championship winner,
:21:15. > :21:19.This is serious science with five cameras, three computers
:21:20. > :21:30.On average the club is only 2 degrees open.
:21:31. > :21:32.Talented teenager Tom is today's visitor but Phil
:21:33. > :21:34.coaches high handicappers as well as high-flying
:21:35. > :21:43.It is the same process with any golfer, analysis, objective data,
:21:44. > :21:45.get to work practically. He will spend most of the spring
:21:46. > :21:48.in the States working with players My mum watches the TV every weekend
:21:49. > :21:52.and she'll send me a message, passing on tips and advice,
:21:53. > :21:56.when she sees the odd missed putt. And she is a good putter,
:21:57. > :21:58.is she, your mum? Probably the worst putter
:21:59. > :22:00.that I've ever met. But she doesn't take much
:22:01. > :22:05.advice from her son. But thankfully plenty of those
:22:06. > :22:07.tackling the trickiest greens in the game at Augusta this week,
:22:08. > :22:10.will be listening to Stewart Pollitt, BBC
:22:11. > :22:17.North West Today. She's one of Manchester's
:22:18. > :22:21.most famous females. Emmeline Pankhurst was one
:22:22. > :22:24.of the founders of the suffragette movement and played a crucial part
:22:25. > :22:27.in helping women get the vote. She will soon be remembered
:22:28. > :22:30.with a statue in St Peter's Square, the first of a woman in the city
:22:31. > :22:32.in over a century. Today, the winning
:22:33. > :22:34.design was unveiled. When it comes to statues and
:22:35. > :22:51.Manchester, there's a common theme. Of the 17 staring down
:22:52. > :22:53.at us in the city's streets and squares,
:22:54. > :23:12.16 are of men. The exception is this lady put up in
:23:13. > :23:15.1901, 116 years ago. There should be more female statues
:23:16. > :23:26.in Manchester. I come from a culture where men are
:23:27. > :23:27.more than women. That is your culture, I am shocked for you.
:23:28. > :23:30.But this lady will go a small way to change that.
:23:31. > :23:32.The winning design unveiled today for a statue of celebrated
:23:33. > :23:34.suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.
:23:35. > :23:40.Having a coffee with a friend of mine, in the sculpture hall, she
:23:41. > :23:47.said, these oral men, were other women. So if I had something to do
:23:48. > :23:48.about this, I said I will. Women of Britain, you have nothing
:23:49. > :23:52.to lose but your chains. Emmeline's famous slogan,
:23:53. > :23:54.was words, not deeds. Born in 1858 in Moss Side,
:23:55. > :23:56.to many she symbolises the struggle women made at the start
:23:57. > :23:59.of the 20th century. The first suffragette
:24:00. > :24:00.meeting was held here As the suffragettes became more
:24:01. > :24:04.militant, she was arrested six times and staged the first
:24:05. > :24:06.prison hunger strike. For the artist who will
:24:07. > :24:17.now immortalise her, The suffragettes won the streets
:24:18. > :24:23.ringing bells, summoning people from their home to come and listen to her
:24:24. > :24:29.speak. Only five feet tall. A check is brought as a makeshift Bostrom.
:24:30. > :24:33.As an artist it is important to celebrate the lives and stories of
:24:34. > :24:34.the struggles for social justice and women's rights.
:24:35. > :24:36.Emmeline's statue will be unveiled in 2019.
:24:37. > :24:38.But first, ?300,000 must be raised to fund it.
:24:39. > :24:41.Securing her legacy in the city where she fought so hard for women -
:24:42. > :24:49.Abbie Jones, BBC North West Tonight, Manchester.
:24:50. > :24:57.Very good, isn't it? A lovely statue. Perhaps we should have got
:24:58. > :24:58.the same person who did Cristiano Ronaldo to do it!
:24:59. > :25:11.Unbelievable. How are you?
:25:12. > :25:16.Really well, thank you. The week was pretty good, we started on a good
:25:17. > :25:21.note. Weather watcher pictures from Blackpool with beautiful blue skies.
:25:22. > :25:26.Our live camera showing cloud cover rolling in. On the edge, we have a
:25:27. > :25:32.big Frieder creeping across the lens. You might not enjoy seeing it.
:25:33. > :25:36.As we head towards the Grand National meeting, high pressure is
:25:37. > :25:41.in charge. Things will be very settled. The weather fronts largely
:25:42. > :25:47.staying out of the way. Daytime temperatures, following the isobars,
:25:48. > :25:52.in a north-westerly airflow which is never so warm, around low teens, 12
:25:53. > :26:00.degrees, and the nights generally made single figures. Largely dry
:26:01. > :26:07.over the next couple of days. As we speak, a little bit of cloud is
:26:08. > :26:11.about. We will see more pushing in overnight. The first part of the
:26:12. > :26:18.night relatively clear, then cloud pushes in everywhere. And a tiny
:26:19. > :26:22.spot of drizzle. That will hardly dampen the ground only over the
:26:23. > :26:31.highest levels. The numbers are not too bad, up to 8 degrees, cooler
:26:32. > :26:38.than last night. Tomorrow, the sun is up at 6:32am. A fairly cloudy
:26:39. > :26:43.start. Outbreaks of drizzle over the highest levels. Today improved
:26:44. > :26:47.quickly once we got to lunchtime, the picture was dramatically
:26:48. > :26:50.different. Tomorrow is a slow burner, taking time for the cloud to
:26:51. > :27:02.break. Brighter skies will come through. Again, 60 miles an hour, --
:27:03. > :27:10.60 miles an hour, taking the age from the sunshine. 11 degrees,
:27:11. > :27:15.nothing better than that. Tomorrow evening, again, not too much
:27:16. > :27:20.happening, temperatures up to 8 degrees. For the next couple of
:27:21. > :27:22.days, largely dry. Saturday, the sunshine comes back
:27:23. > :27:33.out again. And let us go back to your friends
:27:34. > :27:38.on the camera. A tarantula on the window! I think it is a money
:27:39. > :27:44.spider. Just the lens. It looks enormous. You are getting
:27:45. > :27:46.so much pleasure from that. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.